He started his journalism career in 1992 as a freelance writer for Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest daily national newspaper and soon specialised in air transport. Jens joined Aviation Week and Aviation Daily in 2000 as one of the European correspondents. Later his role was expanded to cover international air transport. In 2013 he was named Managing Editor Commercial.
Jens frequently appears on radio and TV to comment on industry matters. In 2003, he received the Hugo Junkers Award of the German aviation press for his coverage of Fairchild Dornier’s bankruptcy. He was named the country’s top travel and air transport writer by the Travel Industry Club three times. Jens graduated from the Munich School of Journalism.
The airline’s board of directors is replacing Wolfgang Prock-Schauer after less than two years at the helm of Air Berlin; veteran German airline executive Stefan Pichler will take over from him in February. Prock-Schauer is to stay on as head of strategy. The carrier’s operating loss in the first nine months widened to €114 million ($142 million).
